Melting icecaps starting to cause massive damage in port cities: WWF

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Perilous Times and Global Warming

Melting icecaps starting to cause massive damage in port cities: WWF*

GENEVA, Nov 23 (AFP) Nov 23, 2009

Flooding in the world's major port cities caused by melting icecaps
could cause up to 28 trillion dollars (18 trillion euros) in damage in
2050, environmental group WWF said in a report Monday.

"If the temperature rises between 0.5 and 2 degrees (Celsius) between
now and 2050, it's possible that the sea level would progress by half a
metre (nearly two feet) bringing major financial damage," Ulrike Saul,
in charge of climate and energy for WWF Switzerland, told AFP.

Such a rise in the sea level would cause up to 28 trillion dollars in
damage in the world's 136 biggest port cities, according to the study in
which German insurance company Allianz took part.

Saul warned: "If the current climate protection policies do not change,
it is more probable that we will register a rise of 2 degrees in 2050."

The northeast coast of the United States could see a rise in sea levels
15 centimetres higher than the world average, the study said.